We are seeking dedicated and skilled Psychosexual Therapists to join our dynamic team. This is a hybrid role, primarily delivered remotely. However, you are expected to be able to provide face-to- face sessions (subject to clinic room availability) in Kent, The service currently operates in multiple locations across Kent, including Ashford, Canterbury, Dartford, Gravesend, Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells and Margate.
About the Service:
Our Psychosexual Therapy Service offers time-limited, structured therapy to individuals and couples experiencing sexual difficulties, as well as those with concerns around sexuality or gender. We work across a range of delivery modes, with an emphasis on solution-focused therapy.
As a Psychosexual Therapist, you’ll be responsible for:
Managing a complex caseload independently, including assessing and delivering brief therapy
Working with interpreters or advocates where necessary
Safeguarding adults and children through appropriate risk management
Contributing to service development and evaluation
Maintaining accurate records in line with governance standards
About You
To apply, you should have:
A postgraduate diploma in Psychosexual Therapy (validated by COSRT or IPM)
COSRT accreditation, or be actively working towards it
A minimum of 200 hours of supervised clinical practice
Experience in delivering brief, time-limited psychotherapy
Knowledge of psychosexual therapeutic approaches, sexual health, gender, and sexuality
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
You must be registered with a professional body and adhere to its code of conduct. A full UK driving licence and the ability to travel (if face-to-face work is agreed) is required.
Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship. Therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is due to integrate with Medway Community Healthcare on 1 October 2026. Following integration and to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent .
We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.
We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.
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As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via
[email protected], quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
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